Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 156 200
Rank change year-on-year -47 +44 -50
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 138 139 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.73% 1.55% 1.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.61% 3.92% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 129 84 68
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,300 £26,425
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,719 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £39,000 £44,175
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -11.71% +10.44%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £75,450
England median annual salary £50,000 £37,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +35.14% -17.78% -14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,821 3,550 4,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.16% 39.66% 33.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,277 1,594 1,954
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.28% +8.47%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +11 64 £45,000 +28.57% 25
Berkshire +44 43 £45,000 -9.55% 6
Hampshire -27 38 £29,500 -21.33% 10
Surrey -45 20 £38,000 -15.56% 9
Oxfordshire -35 13 £32,500 +4.42% 7
Kent -52 9 £30,000 - 2
Buckinghamshire -13 8 £67,500 +92.86% 12
West Sussex -25 5 £76,250 +52.50% 7
Middlesex - 2 £65,000 -
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 39 (28.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (22.46%) SharePoint
3 10 (7.25%) Apache
3 10 (7.25%) nginx
4 2 (1.45%) Confluence
5 1 (0.72%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (31.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.45%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.45%) PTC Creo
2 2 (1.45%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.45%) Maximo
2 2 (1.45%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 88 (63.77%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (52.17%) Azure
3 37 (26.81%) Entra ID
4 11 (7.97%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (7.97%) Google Workspace
4 11 (7.97%) Power Platform
5 10 (7.25%) IaaS
5 10 (7.25%) Power Automate
6 9 (6.52%) Azure Functions
6 9 (6.52%) Serverless
7 8 (5.80%) SaaS
8 5 (3.62%) AWS
8 5 (3.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (3.62%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.90%) Mimecast
10 3 (2.17%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (2.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 49 (35.51%) Firewall
2 47 (34.06%) DNS
3 42 (30.43%) DHCP
4 25 (18.12%) VPN
5 19 (13.77%) VoIP
6 18 (13.04%) LAN
6 18 (13.04%) VLAN
6 18 (13.04%) WAN
7 15 (10.87%) SSL
8 14 (10.14%) TCP/IP
8 14 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (4.35%) Wireless
10 4 (2.90%) Asterisk PBX
10 4 (2.90%) LTE
10 4 (2.90%) VSAT
10 4 (2.90%) WLAN
11 2 (1.45%) Network Security
12 1 (0.72%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (5.07%) Power BI
4 6 (4.35%) Metadata
5 5 (3.62%) Power Query
5 5 (3.62%) Star Schema
6 4 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.17%) GIS
8 2 (1.45%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.72%) Big Data
9 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.72%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (7.25%) Git
2 3 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 109 (78.99%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.04%) Finance
3 15 (10.87%) Retail
4 12 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.97%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.90%) Electronics
7 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.90%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.17%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.45%) Aviation
10 1 (0.72%) Avionics
10 1 (0.72%) French Language
10 1 (0.72%) Law
10 1 (0.72%) Legal
10 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 53 (38.41%) IT Support
2 26 (18.84%) Analyst
3 23 (16.67%) Support Technician
4 22 (15.94%) Support Engineer
5 21 (15.22%) IT Engineer
6 20 (14.49%) IT Support Engineer
7 18 (13.04%) IT Analyst
7 18 (13.04%) IT Support Analyst
7 18 (13.04%) Support Analyst
8 15 (10.87%) 1st Line Support
8 15 (10.87%) 1st Line Support Technician
8 15 (10.87%) Senior
9 14 (10.14%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (10.14%) Operations Manager
10 13 (9.42%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 13 (9.42%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
10 13 (9.42%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 12 (8.70%) Senior IT Support
11 12 (8.70%) Senior Support Engineer
12 11 (7.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.52%) .NET
2 7 (5.07%) Web Services
3 5 (3.62%) PySpark
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 32 (23.19%) Driving Licence
2 11 (7.97%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.17%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.45%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (1.45%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.45%) PKI
4 2 (1.45%) Replication
4 2 (1.45%) SCADA
4 2 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.72%) IoT
5 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 67 (48.55%) Windows
2 41 (29.71%) Windows Server
3 21 (15.22%) Linux
4 20 (14.49%) Windows 10
5 12 (8.70%) Mac OS
6 9 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.72%) Android
8 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (31.16%) Customer Service
3 30 (21.74%) ITIL
4 28 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (19.57%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (18.84%) Mentoring
7 25 (18.12%) Computer Science
8 24 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (15.94%) High Availability
9 22 (15.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 21 (15.22%) Project Delivery
11 17 (12.32%) ITSM
12 16 (11.59%) Migration
13 14 (10.14%) Kalman Filter
13 14 (10.14%) Service Management
14 13 (9.42%) Data Privacy
15 11 (7.97%) CI/CD
15 11 (7.97%) Mobile Device Management
15 11 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
16 10 (7.25%) AI
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.77%) SQL
2 18 (13.04%) PowerShell
3 13 (9.42%) Python
4 11 (7.97%) Ruby
5 9 (6.52%) C#
6 5 (3.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (2.90%) Bash
7 4 (2.90%) Perl
7 4 (2.90%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 71 (51.45%) Degree
2 43 (31.16%) A+ Certification
3 30 (21.74%) Azure Certification
4 16 (11.59%) Network+ Certification
5 15 (10.87%) DBS Check
6 13 (9.42%) Security Cleared
7 11 (7.97%) CompTIA Security+
7 11 (7.97%) SC Cleared
8 10 (7.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (5.07%) CCNA
11 6 (4.35%) HNC
11 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (3.62%) HND
13 4 (2.90%) MCSA
14 3 (2.17%) CCNP
14 3 (2.17%) MCAD
15 2 (1.45%) CBAP
15 2 (1.45%) CTC Cleared
15 2 (1.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (18.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (5.07%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.07%) GDPR
4 4 (2.90%) NCSC
5 3 (2.17%) QA
6 2 (1.45%) SLA
7 1 (0.72%) IASME
7 1 (0.72%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (32.61%) Active Directory
2 32 (23.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 10 (7.25%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (5.07%) vSphere
6 5 (3.62%) Squid
7 4 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (28.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.97%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (3.62%) HAProxy
4 3 (2.17%) Autotask
5 2 (1.45%) SCCM
5 2 (1.45%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 135 (97.83%) Microsoft
2 41 (29.71%) VMware
3 23 (16.67%) Cisco
3 23 (16.67%) Veeam
4 15 (10.87%) Apple
5 14 (10.14%) Datto
6 11 (7.97%) Google
6 11 (7.97%) SonicWALL
7 9 (6.52%) Oracle
8 7 (5.07%) Meraki
8 7 (5.07%) Sophos
9 6 (4.35%) ConnectWise
10 5 (3.62%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.90%) Acronis
11 4 (2.90%) HubSpot
11 4 (2.90%) N-able
12 3 (2.17%) Alteryx
12 3 (2.17%) SAP
13 2 (1.45%) Dell
13 2 (1.45%) Symantec